Job overview

·         Work as a member of the multi professional team providing clinical care to patients with a diagnosis of learning disability from the age of 18years and above as delegated by the Registered Nurse.

·         Ensure a high standard of patient centred care.

·         Promote self- management of health needs and adopt a positive risk based care approach.

·         Complete relevant forms of care, under the direction of a Registered Nurse.

·         Nursing Associates can assist in the delivery of care to patients, with a multiple combination of multiple chronic conditions, mental health issues, medication related problems and social vulnerability (defined as complex care).

Main duties of the job

•  To act as lead clinician those service users identified and directed by senior practitioner assessing service user’s needs, developing and implementing care plans, including risk assessments and carers assesments.to participate in induction and support of new staff and students and to co-supervise junior staff.
• Support patients with all elements of the nursing process and be able to assist the team in the on-going assessment, planning, management and evaluation of care. 
• To plan and organise own activity, prioritising workload appropriately in order to make the best use of time and feeding back to the team as appropriate. 
• To input all activity with service users onto RIO or equivalent data in order to enable the collection of accurate statistics, as required by the Trust.
• Recognise issues relating to safeguarding vulnerable children and adults to report any problems or raise concerns to appropriate registered care professionals. 
• Demonstrate understanding of caring for patients with particular conditions for example mental illness, learning disabilities and autism. 
• Signposting patients to services which may be of benefit to their wellbeing, promoting independence and capability with their own network and community.
• Signposting patients to services which may benefit of their wellbeing, promoting community connections and make the best use of local asset. 
• To administer medications in accordance and with NMC code and Trust policies.

Working for our organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us.  In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views.  It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

 This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement.  However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys